Reconstructed plume.



A. EISEMANN. RECONSTRUGTED PLUMB.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEQ, 1911.

Patented July 9, 1912;

I11 Ven tor: WM

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO.,WAH|NGTON, D4 c.

ALEXANDER EIsnMANN, OFNEW YORK, N. Y. r

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To all whom it may concern.

-Be it known that I, ALEXANDER EISE- MANN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reconstructed Plumes, of which the following is a speci fication.

This invention relates to plumes, with particular reference to what are known in the feather trade as imitation ostrich plumes, or doubtless more properly, reconstructed plumes, in view of the fact that a so-called imitation plume means two or more smaller feathers so secured together as to have the appearance of a single feather of larger size, It is well known that a larger, more ornamental and consequently more popular plume of this character, if a single feather, is comparatively very expensive, and it has been the practice to secure together a number of smaller and compara tively cheap feathers in such a manner as to have the appearance of a larger and more ornate plume, the cost of the required number of smaller feathers being much less than the cost of a single feather of the desired size.

The principal object of the present invention is the production of such a reconstructed plume from two or more smaller feathers in such manner as to provide the largest and most ornamental plume from the smallest number of feathers, and at the same time improve and simplify the construction and cheapen the cost of manufacture.

My invention will be more readily under stood by reference to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a rear view of a reconstructed plume embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a front view of the same in a partially constructed state, and Fig. 3 is a front View of the completed" plume.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, numeral 5 refers to foundation of more or less flexible material, such as capenet, although buckram is also a desirable material for this purpose. This foundation 5 is cut.

or formed to the desired shape, probably best described as flattened egg-shaped, substantially as shown on Figs. 1 and 2, this shape being that which determines the shape of the finished plume. If this foundation 5 is of woven fabric, such as the cape-net re- I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 9, 1911.

Patented July 9, 1912. Serial No. 632,102.

ferred to, the edges thereof are preferably hemmed to prevent fraying and to provide substantial yet flexible support for the fines which are secured thereto in the manner hereinafter described. I then take a comparatively small and inexpensive feather and strip the fines from the quill. This operation, as is well known, is that of pealing the skin, with the fines attached thereto, from the fatty or woody core of the quill. This leaves the fines in their natural order and arrangement 011 a strip of this skin, which is then cut longitudinally to divide the feather into halves 6 and 7. One or more of these halves are then sewed or otherwise secured through the strip of skin to the edge of each side of the foundation 5, as shown in Fig. 2. Obviously, a less elfective plume may be provided by securing a single half of a stripped feather along the edge of the foundation, although two or even more are preferable. I now take another comparatively small feather 8, large enough, however, to completely cover the foundation 5, lay the same in symmetrical disposition over said foundation and secure the quill 9 of said feather thereto. If this foundation is of fabric, as shown, the quill 9 may be so secured by stitches at intervals along the length of the quill. The flues of this feather 8, while they do not extend laterally to the edge of the finished plume, entirely cover the upper face of the fabric strip or other foundation, projecting a greater or less distance over the fines secured to the edges of said foundation. In this manner, it will be apparent that the top or exposed side of the plume will present the appearance of a single feather larger and more ornate than any of those of which it is constructed. The reconstructed plume may be made more or less ornate according to the number of stripped feather halves secured in superposed arrangement to the edges of the foundation.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A reconstructed plume comprising a flexible foundation of proper shape, a row of fines stripped from a natural feather secured along the edges of said foundation, and a feather secured to and symmetrically covering said foundation, substantially as shown and described.

2. A reconstructedplume comprising a flexible foundation of proper shape, a

- along each side edge thereof with quill to said foundation to symmetrically cover and conceal the latter, substantially as shown and described.

4. A reconstructed plume comprising a i flexible foundation of fabric or the like cut to proper shape, one of the side halves of a stripped feather being suitably secured the flues projecting outwardly therefrom, and a feather secured through its quill to said foundation to symmetrically cover and conceal the latter, substantially as shown and described.

5. A reconstructed plume comprising a flexible foundation of fabric or the like cut to proper shape, one of the side halves of a stripped feather being secured through the skin of its quill to each side edge of said foundation with the flues projecting outwardly therefrom, and a feather secured through its quill to said foundation to symmetrically cover and conceal the latter, the fines thereof projecting over a portion of said first-mentioned flues, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony of the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses. v

ALEXANDER EISEMANN. Witnesses:

GUSTAV LACHMANN, BERNARD LANG.

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